Giant strangler fig tree in Amazon rainforest, Brazil.

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This giant strangler fig (Ficus sp.) has already killed the tree that it once grew downwards from a sticky seed to the ground and then thickened up, using its host to give it access to the light above the canopy.

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Size: 3436px × 5200px
Location: Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photo credit: © Evan Bowen-Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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